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‘Pokémon Go’ Craze Raises Safety Issues

Nintendo's new smartphone game, Pokémon Go, has become an unexpected craze and it's translating in a spike of $9 billion in market value for the company. WSJ's Sarah Needleman discusses with Lee Hawkins. Photo: Nintendo

The hit mobile app “Pokémon Go” is giving millions of people their first taste of futuristic augmented-reality technology. It is also raising questions about whether the game’s location and mapping features are luring players into danger.

In “Pokémon Go,” players use their phones to capture virtual creatures that appear to be hovering in their immediate vicinity in the real world. Advancing in the game involves collecting items such...